Hair-pin.



N0. 684,805. Patented Oct. 22, |90I. E. D. EGGEMAN.

HAIR PIN.

(Application lod Feb. 18, 1901.)

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GODFREY D. EGGEMAN, OF TOLEDO7 OI'IIO.

HAIR-PIN.

SPECIFI'CATION forming part @f Letters Patent NO. 684,805, dated October22, 1901.

Application filed February 18,1901. Serial No. l17,810. vllo model.)

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, GODFREY D. EGGEMAN,

a citizen of the United States, residing at Toledo, in the county ofLucas and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Hair- Pin, ofwhich the following is a specification.

This invention relates to hair-pins; and the object of the same is toprovide a simple and eliectivelybperating device of this class which isreadily insertible in the hair and of such structure that when inapplied position it will firmly hold itself in connection with the hairand not only retain the latter in place, but be prevented from having aloose connection, the improved device having an automatic resilientaction by pressure exerted on a portion thereof by the user in applyingthe same and a self-adjustment to normal condition when said pressure isreleased after full or complete application.

The invention consists in the construction and arrangement of theseveral parts, which will be more fully hereinafter described andclaimed.

In the drawings, Figure l is a perspective view of the improved pin.Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the same, showing the legs spread and readyfor insertion in the hair. Fig. 3 is an edge elevation of the improveddevice.

Similar characters of reference are employed to indicate correspondingparts in the several views.

The improved pin is formed from a single length of spring-wire having agage proportionate tothe dimensions ofthe pin and closely doubled uponitself to form a central leg l, the two strands comprised in this legbeing formed with intermediate corrugations 2 to lock in the hair andprovide auxiliary means for preventing the pin from slipping from itsapplied position, and adjacent its head end the said leg has distinctlydefined bows 3 normally in close contact. Outward from the bows thestrands of the leg l are extended laterally and bent into head-loops aand from the latter continue in sin gle-strand outer legs 5 of a lengthequal to that of the leg l. At intermediate points the legs 5 havecorrugations 6 formed therein at points transversely opposite thecorrugations 2 in the leg l and for the same purpose as said lattercorrugations.

In applying the device the user grasps the head extremity ot' the sameand exerts a compression on the bows 3 to spread the legs 5 and the legl, as shown by Fig. 2. This lat-eral spread of the legs is due to theresilient nature of the material of which the pin is cona structed andthe fact that when the said bows are compressed there must be a reliefin some direction, and in this instance the relief will be mainlylongitudinal and produce the result sought. Moreover, the separation ofthe bends or bows themselves is due in a large measure to thecompression exerted thereon. While the legs of the pin are in thelaterallyextended condition shown by Fig. 2 the user inserts the same inthe portion of the hair to be confined or held thereby, and after fullapplication of the said legs the head of the pin is released fromcompression andV the parts of the pin return to the normal positionshown by Fig. l and clamp the engaged portion of the hair with a firmgrasp and prevent the said hair and pin from working loose. Thecorrugations ot' the legs 5 are reverse to those of the leg 1 to makethe locking operation of all the corrugations moreeftective, the saidreverse construction being clearly shown by Fig. 3. It 'Will beunderstood that in removing the pin from the hair the bows 3 will beagain compressed to prevent pulling the hair and permit an easywithdrawal of the legs.

The improved device can be cheaply manufactured, and in addition to theclamping feature set forth an extra leg-support is provided, which willbe advantageous, particularly in heavy or, thick hair. The pin can alsobe causedl to have a shallow insertion near the surface of the hair tohold short lengths of the latter growing from or located on the headfrom a point below that of the applied position of the pin. Other usesand advantages will become apparent to those using the improved pin, andchanges in the form and proportions of the several parts may be resortedto without departing from the principle of the invention. It is alsointended to use any material other than wire in the IOS the end wherethe single-strand legs emanate therefrom constructed withupwardly-projecting convex bows, all the legs atan intermediate pointhaving corrugations therein which arc reverse to each other inalternation in the several legs, the remaining portions of the legsbeing straight.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

GODFREY D. EGGEMAN. Witnesses:

T. W. Herr, GEO. G. SOUTHARD.

